WSLK

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WSLK (880 kHz, "Lake Radio 880") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Moneta, Virginia. It broadcasts an oldies and adult standards radio format and is owned and operated by Smile Broadcasting, LLC.[1] The studios and offices are on Village Springs Drive in Hardy, Virginia.

WSLK is a daytimer station, powered at 900 watts non-directional. AM 880 is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A station WHSQ in New York City. To avoid interference, at night WSLK goes off the air. The transmitter is off Moneta Road in Moneta.[2] The station's signal covers the Smith Mountain Lake area in parts of Bedford and Franklin Counties in Virginia.[3][4] Programming is heard around the clock on 250-watt FM translator W252DP at 98.3 MHz in Moneta.[5]

History

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on January 4, 1990.[6] The new station was assigned the call sign WBLU by the FCC on February 7, 1990.[7] WBLU received its license to cover from the FCC on December 18, 1991.[8]

Smile Broadcasting LLC purchased WCQV, at the time a Southern Gospel station, from Perception Media Group in a deal announced in February 2008.[9] The station was sold for a reported $125,000.[9]

The station was assigned the current WSLK call sign by the FCC on April 7, 2008.[7]

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